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Good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started in the plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house service and segregation. they were often condemned by church leaders as houses of the...

Scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house service and segregation. they were often condemned by church leaders as houses of the devil. willia...

And this one, this is a real good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started in the plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house service and segregation. they were often condemned by ch...

Very, very significant conbe flick, because obviously, before you can send air power in you have to take out the air defenses. they are in amongst a lot of civilians. there is just a lot of difficulties going in to that country. >> shannon: how much pressure do you think the president is under publicly now? to folks here at home, who are going to be concerned about him committing any additional resources, versus those who are there in the region to say this is a real issue? they are convinceed they want to see action. >> we met with one of our best allies in the area last week. king agullah fr...

Want to celebrate today. but as i always say at the gullah geechee nation, must take care of the root to heal the tree. >> i'm a cultural anthropologist. people usually come to understand or recognize that they are gullah give ceechee by seeing someone do something associated to gullah geechee people. when she begins speaking gullah, they hear something their grands parents said or the way something is pronounced and it's almost like a revival to see people say my grandma ma did that. she put moss in her shoes when she went into a seam tear. we made tea out of this particular plant for blood t...